Privacy is effectively a 20th century concept like the steam engine

[abandonconflict]

Hemp products can still obviate much of the demand for hydrocarbons which will not only reduce the cost but also possibly the impact environmentally.

Jatropha curcas may be superior for biofeul, but can't be used for much else, where as hemp can be harvested for oils and the remainder is still useful for fiber.

I turned an old bike into a 12v generator so whenever I use more than my panels can replace, either because of clouds or heavy drain or just at night, I can pedal to keep my charge controller happy. I think this sort of tech is worth using already, and it's development appears rapid.

I still don't see it having much use for AC infrastructure however.

 

[Dr Kynes]

Solar panels today reflect the energy subsidy of cheap fossil fuel. But, hemp? How to power transport using it ... trains, ships, aircraft? There are better oil crops, and even those are not so good. cn

hemp's tremendous cellulose output could produce vast quantities of methyl alcohol, allowing much of the lighter fractions of petroleum to be used for more useful products than motor fuel or heating fuel.


the oil from the seeds is only so-so as an engine lube, castor oil works better.

superior fuel is why Nascar runs on methyl alcohol, in fact all race organizations except formula one, and nitromethane dragsters use methyl alcohol as their choice of motion lotion.

 

[RainerRocks]

See Siggy....I use startpage and many other's.

This website is spreading like wildfire thru the web.

Left column has all the stuff most people use and all alternatives are on the right side for your choosing.

 

[cannabineer]

hemp's tremendous cellulose output could produce vast quantities of methyl alcohol, allowing much of the lighter fractions of petroleum to be used for more useful products than motor fuel or heating fuel.


the oil from the seeds is only so-so as an engine lube, castor oil works better.

superior fuel is why Nascar runs on methyl alcohol, in fact all race organizations except formula one, and nitromethane dragsters use methyl alcohol as their choice of motion lotion.

Heh, full circle. i remember us arguing about alcohol fuels when I first encountered you here. cn

 

[Doer]

Plugging my phone into hemp has worked great.

Plugging my brain into hemp has certainly helped.

 

[slowandsteady]

telsa's wireless energy grid powered by fusion reactors

 

[Harrekin]

telsa's wireless energy grid powered by fusion reactors

Fusion reactors don't work yet.

 

[echelon1k1]

telsa's wireless energy grid powered by fusion reactors

teslas grid didn't rely on fusion reactors...

 

[abandonconflict]

 

[Dr Kynes]

telsa's wireless energy grid powered by fusion reactors

tesla's "wireless energy grid" was massively powerful radio transmitters and induction pickups. GMO's may not cause cancer, but 50,000 sieverts of radiation every hour for life sure as fuck will.

also, fusion reactors are science fiction. you might as well suggest zero-point energy or antimatter reactors.

 

[Dr Kynes]

Heh, full circle. i remember us arguing about alcohol fuels when I first encountered you here. cn

im a huge booster for methyl fuels. they work, they are renewable, and their byproducts of combustion are CO2 and water.

they can be made from lawn clippings, and if they catch fire in an undesirable location you can put em out with a garden hose.

 

[suTraGrow]

also, fusion reactors are science fiction. you might as well suggest zero-point energy or antimatter reactors.

Not science fiction for this teen

http://en.rian.ru/science/20130603/181489613.html

or this giant corporation

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/one-giant-leap-for-mankind-13bn-iter-project-makes-breakthrough-in-the-quest-for-nuclear-fusion-a-solution-to-climate-change-and-an-age-of-clean-cheap-energy-8590480.html

 

[Harrekin]

Not science fiction for this teen

http://en.rian.ru/science/20130603/181489613.html

or this giant corporation

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/one-giant-leap-for-mankind-13bn-iter-project-makes-breakthrough-in-the-quest-for-nuclear-fusion-a-solution-to-climate-change-and-an-age-of-clean-cheap-energy-8590480.html

Lol, when they make one that produces more power than it consumes, then call me.

Until then, I'm afraid it's fossil fuels for now.

 

[suTraGrow]

Lol, when they make one that produces more power than it consumes, then call me.

Until then, I'm afraid it's fossil fuels for now.

Hmm, well I predict at least another 5-10 years for that, but just showing that its no science fiction

And very much so, in the process of being invented.

 

[cannabineer]

Hmm, well I predict at least another 5-10 years for that, but just showing that its no science fiction

And very much so, in the process of being invented.

Unfortunately, I've been hearing "in 15-20 years" for over 40 years now ... cn

 

[Dr Kynes]

Unfortunately, I've been hearing "in 15-20 years" for over 40 years now ... cn

yep.

pure science fiction.

if i believed all the shit we was supposed to have in "just a few years" i would be tooling around on my rocket belt shooting 12 drumstick chickens with my ray gun.

 

[suTraGrow]

Unfortunately, I've been hearing "in 15-20 years" for over 40 years now ... cn

Yes but have you heard 5-10 years

 

[Harrekin]

Yes but have you heard 5-10 years

Fusion is already "invented", just look up.

The problem (I think) is scalability.

 

[slowandsteady]

yep.

pure science fiction.

if i believed all the shit we was supposed to have in "just a few years" i would be tooling around on my rocket belt shooting 12 drumstick chickens with my ray gun.

Been hunting around 3 mile island lately? Heard Chernobyl has good hunting, they even have camo radiation suits. LOL. progress is not always good

 

[Harrekin]

Been hunting around 3 mile island lately? Heard Chernobyl has good hunting, they even have camo radiation suits. LOL. progress is not always good

Nuclear produces far less "waste" than any carbon burning power plants.

I bet you cry over nuclear and now are gonna tell me that man is destroying the Earth with AGW.

So good sir, how does one suggest we power things without either of the above (like those buttons you're mashing, you god damned hippy) ??